[3rd POV]
"Ready!!"
The shout of the commander rang throughout the chaotic battlefield. The soldiers got thier guns ready, some had grave injuries and serious wounds that wouldn't stop bleeding but nevertheless, they moved with determination and followed the orders of thier commander.
"Aim!!"
They lifted up the heavy guns - rifles some called them - and aimed towards the enemy which was lesser but stronger than them...
[Seiji's POV]
Holy fucking shit.
If I got a penny for every time a demon came into my life and made me want to roll over and die, I would have two.
It's not much but fucking hell why'd it happen twice?
What were the chances that in my very first mission as a demon slayer, I would encounter the literal demon king? The chances were so slim that it was a clear indication of my remarkable fate in this world.
For ...
[Tai Lung's POV]
I sat on the charred earth and felt it crumbling even when I did so. There was an eerie silence in the surroundings as all life had been wiped from existence.
It was a wasteland.
I looked at Mei who was slowly walking up to me and I sent her a smile.
She had done well in dealing with the Shark warrior. I knew instantly when he got up and came back alive but I did not bother to return, instead, I tru...
[Tai Lung's POV]
It was truly thrilling.
It felt like I was fighting against an immovable mountain and it was absolutely thrilling.
"Try this!!" I screamed and slammed my fist into his....I don't know. He was too big for me to hit a specific part of his body. But at least I think I hit the side of his abdomen.
My fist coated in Haki and lighting smashed against his skin to do absolutely nothing. It was different fro...
[Seiji's POV]
The journey to Tokyo was not long as it was the first time I was travelling with a destination in mind. I travelled through day and night without stopping.
I also used Steroid Breathing constantly to increase my running speed so in just one day, I was able to cover a distance that would've taken other people a week.
I did not stop to hunt demons nor did I stop to even eat or sleep. I just ran and ran until my...
[3rd POV]
"Your sword has arrived, young man. Get up." I was able to barely make out his words due to a mixture of drowsiness and the sudden brightness after closing my eyes for too long.
I did a quick scan of where I was, under the shade of a giant tree in the Kabujitsu mountain. I remembered going to sleep under the shade after the sun had risen up.
"Good morning sir." I said with a yawn while stretching my limbs. I rubb...
[Seiji's POV]
After the end of the final selection, Rengoku and I had to part ways. He had a home to return to and a father who was awaiting for his return.
He seemed enthusiastic about breaking the news to his father. He left the same day the trial ended and I was left to my lonesome self, again.
You truly feel the value of someone's presence in thier absence.
Rengoku was loud so it was too silent when he left. Wh...
[Seiji's POV]
The rest of the trial went by pretty easily as the hand demon was probably the strongest demon on the mountain.
It was just a test, the final selection, so of course the demons on the mountain were not that strong. I learned that I was too overqualified for this trial, which was to be expected as even Tanjiro did not have such a hard time with it and he only trained for two years while I trained for seven.
Bu...
[3rd POV]
How did it happen?
"TIGRESS!!!!!!"
A flash of green, a colour which had quickly become their nightmare. Then a force equalling the sky swept them away.
It separated them, it shattered them and it broke them.
Po's body was violently thrown o...
[Tai Lung's POV]
"I am Shakui, from the Celestial waters of India."
"I came to you, strongest of the world, with a warning."
You know what? That was actually hilarious.
I laughed, it started small but then it turned into full-blown laughter that demanded a slap to the knee. The way the shark was trying to be scary even though he was a fish and the quickening vibration of the ground added to the comedy.
"I'm s...
[Seiji's POV]
"What do you think you're looking at brat? I don't like your eyes, they give me the creeps." the hand demon said with a mock shiver.
It was a little tricky to read his lips since, well he didn't have one. But I was able to decipher what he was saying from the vibrations and the movement of his giant throat.
His form was an abomination, it was ugly put together. Its grotesque physical features felt like a psyc...
[3rd POV]
(The Jade Palace)
"Are you sure this is a good idea?"
"A hundred and one per cent sure Viper."
It was not a good idea to try and slingshot yourself with two trees in hopes of reaching the same speed as Mighty Eagle. Not only was it impossible to do such things, it was dangerous.
"Okay then, I hope you succeed." Viper said like a supportive wife to Po.
"Crane, be ready to catch him." Tigress s...
[Seiji's POV]
Let the final selection begin.
But first...
I needed a sword.
I only had a normal katana with me but I required a nichirin blade if I wanted to pass this trial. So I did what every rational person would do.
I looked around for someone to rob.
My eyes did a quick scan of the people in my vicinity and I locked on the weakest of the bunch. It was a thin young man who seemed to be around 20...
[Seiji's POV]
Beautiful.
The world was beautiful.
But demons corrupted this world.
Thier ugly existence and evil hearts were a stain on this beautiful world.
Such beauty did not deserve filth.
So I shall drive them to extinction.
I would rid the world of its blemish.
And I would start from this mountain.
...
Such was my thought process as I climbed up the trail and steps ...
[Seiji's POv]
Here's an interesting fact about the future Flame Hashira.
Did you know that he learned his breathing style mostly through the dairy and manuals left behind by the previous Flame Hashiras?
It shocked me at first because I thought he would at least get some training from his father but no, other than a few guidances and a beatdown where he told his son how pointless his training was, the father was a useless b...
[Seiji's POV]
It was...
Beautiful.
I have to learn that.
Rengoku slowly sheathed his sword while releasing air from his lungs. I remained rooted in my place until he turned to me with his signature smile that burned even brighter than his flames.
"It's done my friend! Our night patrol was not a waste." he said and then followed up with a hearty laugh.
Meanwhile, I stared at him with a ...
[Tai Lung's POV]
"Checkmate."
"What? How!" I asked out loud when I saw the ugly face of defeat for the third time in a row.
Here's a fun fact, chess originated in India during the early Gupta Empire. It was said to be the creation of the great Emperor of Gupta. It shows just how intelligent he would be to invent such games.
Tibet and India were neighbours so there was trade between the two Empires. This was wh...
[Tai Lung's POV]
I opened my eyes and looked down at the shameless girl who was curled up on my lap while I was meditating and trying to find out the secret to turning my body into lightning.
Her eyes were closed and she rubbed her soft cheeks on my fur. She was also rubbing two softer things on me while her tail wagged left and right.
"Mei?" I called but she did not respond.
I stared at her for a few seconds before...
[Tai Lung's POV]
Time passed quickly, especially when you were on vacation and before I knew it, we had spent a total of 5 days in the city of Gyantse.
I spent the days training Mei and getting used to my my new abilities. It turns out, there were a whole lot of doors which opened up with my new infinite chi generator.
Techniques I never even bothered replicating because they used too much chi were now an available weapon...
[Seiji's POV]
"Hello comrade, my name is Kyojiro Rengoku."
"It's nice to meet you!!"
I still remember that day so vividly.
The warm sunlight peeked through the Wisteria trees and caressed my skin. The brightness was no longer a bother that stopped me from sleeping, instead, it had become comfortable out of habit.
He came up to me with all the loudness of a day, for a moment I thought I had regained my hea...
[Seiji's POV]
"Please...please....please...."
"No more....no more..."
I wonder how many people have said the same thing to him as he tore them apart, limb by limb.
If I were to guess from his strength and from how my sister cried and begged while the demon ate her alive, I would say at least hundreds.
"Stop talking. Move. Run." I said to his dismembered body which was not healing anymore. I needed him to move...
[Tai Lung's POV]
After a few more days of travel, we finally reached the city closest to the fallen city of Shigatse. It was called Gyantse.
Gyantse was located around a hundred kilometres away from Shigatse and it was a much smaller city. The size of the city would be around half of Shgatse with only around a quarter population.
The city was not known for its economy or trade but for other cultural and religious reasons. ...
[Seiji's POV]
At the age of 13 years old, I began my journey.
The plan was to direct all of my teenage spite and rebellious phase towards the demons. Since I died at the age of 13 in my past life, the demons were in for two lifetimes' worth of teenage angst.
I pity them.
"I'll be leaving now." I said to my uncle and aunt who had been taking care of me for many years now.
"I know nothing we say is going to...
[3rd POV]
"Useless, Useless, Uesless!!"
"USELESS!!!"
"You all are fucking USELESS!!!!"
A wild boar screamed at the soldiers. His name was Wang, but most people knew him as the brother of the King of Jingnan and the rival of Master Warthog, guardian of Wu.
He was one of the most relevant figures in the rebellion army which directly opposed the unification of China. Their main aim was to bring the old syste...
[Tai Lung's POV]
I quickly made it back to the camp with a small smile on my face. I truly wanted to see Mei's reaction to this with all her inferior complex and hate for being a human thing.
Maybe she would feel better after seeing another human and she won't be upset anymore.
What can I say, I was excited like a child.
"Tai Lung?" She called me when she heard my approach.
She was sitting on the small campfi...
[TaI Lung's POV]
I was on top of a hill where it was still warmly wrapped in an orange glow of the setting sunlight. The breeze blew softly on my fur, whispering to me about the secrets of the earth.
The smell of nature filled my nose. I could smell our camp a few kilometres away along with Mei who was eating her food while pulling her knee up to her chest.
My ears twitched and I heard every flutter of the leaves and ever...
[Seiji's POV]
Two years passed and I was 13 years old. This was when I experienced the hardest part of my training.
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Studying.
Yes, apparently I had to study even in a fictional world where breathing was a superpower and in the year 1918.
It had something to do with my inheritance. There were real estate, business, money and other investments which were part of the inheritance. And in or...
[3rd POV]
"KAI HAS RETURNED!!"
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"Who?" the two farmers asked dumbly, making Kai slump his shoulder.
"Kai. You may know me as general Kai." Kai said with a smile and confidently strutted towards the two farmers who still had question marks on thier faces.
"The Jade Slayer, people also call me the Master of Pain." Kai said again, expecting recognition but he only got an aw...
[Seiji's POV]
The next phase of my life was full of hurdles and self-discovery as I walked the path towards strength, it was not an easy road.
If my life was a book, I would name this chapter of my life 'The training arc'.
Firstly, I was adopted by the community leader of our village. Contrary to my expectation, we did not move to our mansion due to fear that it might be a bad omen or haunted, especially with the way my p...
[Seiji's POV]
"Can you recall what the demon looked like?"
Why was everyone so insistent on traumatizing me? If they kept on reminding me like this, I might actually start crying to make sure they never bother me again.
I took my eyes off his moving lips and looked at the board he had in his hands. On it, the question he asked was written in bold hiragana.
I knew how to read Japanese even though it was not my native...